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... tion and regard ; and I am sufficiently pre- sumptuous to hope , that the deep interest and importance of some of the subjects discussed will , in some degree , make up for those errors in judgment , and that deficiency in style , which ...
... tion and regard ; and I am sufficiently pre- sumptuous to hope , that the deep interest and importance of some of the subjects discussed will , in some degree , make up for those errors in judgment , and that deficiency in style , which ...
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... tion . Such are the claims which these reports have to the attention of the public ; and those who do not think them of sufficient impor- tance will do well to omit them altogether , and peruse only the tale which has been in- serted to ...
... tion . Such are the claims which these reports have to the attention of the public ; and those who do not think them of sufficient impor- tance will do well to omit them altogether , and peruse only the tale which has been in- serted to ...
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... tion to take me with him , she appeared like one thunderstruck : indeed her astonishment was truly amusing , as was also the vehemence of her arguments against it . She began , in a style of eloquence which appeared to me altogether a ...
... tion to take me with him , she appeared like one thunderstruck : indeed her astonishment was truly amusing , as was also the vehemence of her arguments against it . She began , in a style of eloquence which appeared to me altogether a ...
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... tion , we retired to very comfortable apartments , to enjoy therein a still more comfortable sleep . I must not omit to recount an instance of shrewd- ness in the servant who conducted me to my room , in guessing at the profession of ...
... tion , we retired to very comfortable apartments , to enjoy therein a still more comfortable sleep . I must not omit to recount an instance of shrewd- ness in the servant who conducted me to my room , in guessing at the profession of ...
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... tion of our London ones , and when lit up present a pretty appearance . One unfortunate race of trades- men appear to have been expelled , as if by common consent , from our colonies ; and I think I am not saying much either for the ...
... tion of our London ones , and when lit up present a pretty appearance . One unfortunate race of trades- men appear to have been expelled , as if by common consent , from our colonies ; and I think I am not saying much either for the ...
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Page 523 - Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, 'Tis woman's whole existence; man may range The court, camp, church, the vessel, and the mart, Sword, gown, gain, glory, offer in exchange Pride, fame, ambition, to fill up his heart, And few there are whom these cannot estrange: Men have all these resources, we but one, To love again, and be again undone.
Page 117 - A blank, my lord : She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i...
Page 321 - How dear to me the hour when daylight dies, And sunbeams melt along the silent sea, For then sweet dreams of other days arise, And memory breathes her vesper sigh to thee.
Page 546 - Guam use it for bread. They gather it when full grown, while it is green and hard: then they bake it in an oven, which scorcheth the rind, and makes it black; but they scrape off the outside black crust, and there remains a tender thin crust; and the inside is soft, tender and white, like the crumb of a penny loaf.
Page 550 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Page 131 - ... all of them to be under the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience ; who shall be obliged to study and practice physic and chirurgery, as well as divinity ; that by the apparent usefulness of the former to all mankind, they may both endear themselves to the people, and have the better opportunities of doing good to men's souls, whilst they are taking care of their bodies ; but the particulars of the constitution I leave to the Society, composed of wise and good men.
Page 248 - And, shiver'd by the force, come piecemeal down. Oft liquid lakes of burning sulphur flow, Fed from the fiery springs that boil below.
Page 534 - This dreadful tragedy ended, when it happens in a town, the devastation is surveyed with accumulated horror : the harbour is covered •with wrecks of boats and vessels ; and the shore has not a vestige of its former state remaining. Mounds of rubbish and rafters in one place, heaps of earth and trunks of trees in another, deep gullies from torrents of water, and the dead and dying bodies of men, women, and children, half buried, and scattered about, where streets but a few hours before were, present...
Page 534 - ... destruction — the roofs of houses are carried to vast distances from their walls, which are beaten to the ground, burying their inhabitants under them — large trees are torn up by the roots, and huge branches shivered off, and driven through the air in every direction, with immense velocity — every tree and shrub that withstands the shock, is stripped of its boughs and foliage — plants and grass are laid flat on the earth — luxuriant spring is changed in a moment to dreary winter.